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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bento" data-source="post: 3631886" data-attributes="member: 36597">Practice, practice, practice!Before I started painting minis, the last time I painted anything smaller than a wall was when I built plastic military models as a kid.  It was the Wardrums DDM set that gave me inspiration.  I looked at the Zakya Rakshasa and Horde Zombie and thought the paint job was lacking and I could do a better job!  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />  I already had a couple magnifying devices (lamp & goggles) and just jumped in with both feet.  When I get frustrated I went online to check out the work of other people.  I'm a half-hour away from the Reaper factory, so I've visited there a couple of times during their paint workshop.  I'd sit there and paint while listening to others, and ask questions. You can find a <a href="http://www.reapermini.com/DemoEvents" target="_blank">calendar</a> on the Reaper site with stores that host demos and paint sessions.  Check it out to see if there's anyone local to you hosting a paint party.By the way - Reaper is coming out with an <a href="http://www.reapermini.com/gallery/Previews/3230_G" target="_blank">Aboleth-like mini </a> next month! I joke about practice, but for me its choosing time over money.  I'd much rather spend some time on the weekends painting, than spending money on cardboard boxes hoping I get what I want. While there are start-up costs with painting your own, it's no different than investing in a case of plastic minis.  And once I've spent the money on paints and brushes, I can now buy and create armies of dwarves or lizardmen, something I couldn't do with DDMs.  I still buy the singles though - Reaper doesn't have a line of Warforged!</blockquote>

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